Greek Adjectives

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Greek Adjectives

Learning the Greek Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Greek language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Greek.

Greek Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.

Grammar Tips:

While in English an adjective doesn’t change
when the noun changes, in Greek an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. So
adjectives have a masculine, a feminine and a neuter form, the most common
suffixes being the following:

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Greek has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Greek.

List of Adjectives in Greek

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Greek placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Greek vocabulary.

English Adjectives

Greek Adjectives

colors

xrwmata - χρώματα

black

mayro - μαύρο

blue

ble - μπλε

brown

kafe - καφέ

gray

gkri - γκρί

green

prasino - πράσινο

orange

portokali - πορτοκαλί

purple

mwv - μωβ

red

kokkino - κόκκινο

white

lefko - λευκό

yellow

kitrino - κίτρινο

sizes

megethh - μεγέθη

big

megalo - μεγάλο

deep

vathia - βαθιά

long

makrys - μακρύς

narrow

stenos - στενός

short

syntomo - σύντομο

small

mikro - μικρό

tall

pshlos - ψηλός

thick

paxos - πάχος

thin

leptos - λεπτός

wide

evrys - ευρύς

shapes

sxhmata - σχήματα

circular

kyklikos - κυκλικός

straight

eftheia - ευθεία

square

tetragwno - τετράγωνο

triangular

trigwnikos - τριγωνικός

tastes

goysta - γούστα

bitter

pikros - πικρός

fresh

fresko - φρέσκο

salty

almyros - αλμυρός

sour

ksino - ξινό

spicy

pikantiko - πικάντικο

sweet

glykos - γλυκός

qualities

idiothtes - ιδιότητες

bad

kakos - κακός

clean

katharos - καθαρός

dark

skotadi - σκοτάδι

difficult

dyskolos - δύσκολος

dirty

vrwmikos - βρώμικος

dry

kshros - ξηρός

easy

eykolos - εύκολος

empty

adeio - άδειο

expensive

akrivos - ακριβός

fast

grhgora - γρήγορα

foreign

ksenos - ξένος

full

gematos - plhrhs - γεμάτος - πλήρης

good

kalos - καλός

hard

sklhros - σκληρός

heavy

varea - βαρέα

inexpensive

light

fws - φως

local

topiko - τοπικό

new

neos - νέος

noisy

thoryvwdhs - θορυβώδης

old

palaia - παλαιά

powerful

isxyros - ισχυρός

quiet

hsyxa - ήσυχα

correct

orthh - ορθή

slow

argos - αργός

soft

malako - μαλακό

very

poly - πολύ

weak

adynamos - αδύναμος

wet

ygros - υγρός

wrong

lathos - λάθος

young

neos - νέος

quantities

posothtes - ποσότητες

few

ligoi - λίγοι

little

ligo - λίγο

many

polla - πολλά

much

poly - πολύ

part

meros - μέρος

some

merika - μερικά

a few

ligo - λίγο

whole

oloklhro - ολόκληρο

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